Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such policies only make sense to the corporate investors and stem from the perceived need to avoid integrating the industry in any but the core capitalist countries . |
| 2 | Some of these challenges are entirely technical but others are conceptual , stemming from the fact that most methods only make sense if one makes certain assumptions about the brain which may , or may not , be valid . |
| 3 | But few Japanese beverage companies yet make drinks-cans with tab openers that remain attached to the cans — even though companies in the US and Canada have been manufacturing these for almost 15 years . |
| 4 | In contrast , most nomadic and tribal groups still make rugs in the time-honoured dark reds and primary hues of their ancestors , while Persian workshop groups employ both pastel and rich shades . |
| 5 | Moreover , that history and that revelation to which Christians necessarily make reference are in some sense normative for the religion . |
| 6 | It has had , since its inception , an adversarial relationship with governments and its activists are not the sort of people with whom Conservative governments easily make friends , particularly when they block the outflow pipe of nuclear processing plants such as the one at Sellafield in Cumbria . |
| 7 | Both versions thus make play with the paradox of life and health through suffering and death , but the short version makes a much more pointed and concentrated use of the theme . |
| 8 | Employers also make gains and losses ( the areas below the demand for labour and above the wage line ) . |
| 9 | Injuries to two MCC bowlers helped Richards and Gomes both make centuries , and Lloyd declared at 248 for 3 , setting a target of 303 . |
| 10 | All these totally ludicrous things just make work for everyone , and the screws put pressure on the inmates with such pointless regulations as well as causing lots of paperwork for themselves . |
| 11 | It will be seen in Chapter 5 that city bureaux also make links with local libraries , but in the main they are arranging to share local information rather than develop the self-service information service as in the rural communities . |
| 12 | Other ufologists also make money by writing sensational books which crack the cover-ups or solve the mystery . |
| 13 | Contemporary surveys also make use of such questions , especially to do with face-sheet information about a respondent , such as age , marital status , and so on , but usually in conjunction with other types . |
| 14 | Parents or relatives often make donations to their old public school or college as some repayment for what it has done for them , or in the hope that it may give their child a better chance of entry ! |
| 15 | He argues that Labour 's policies are ‘ too modest ’ and Coventry 's economic problems undoubtedly make people more receptive . |
| 16 | Remember , machine knitters never make mistakes , they just invent new stitch patterns ! |
| 17 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 18 | Few people would argue that national defence should be abandoned in favour of private armies because defence chiefs presently make decisions having regard to inter-service rivalry , relationships with defence manufacturers , and so on , rather than making socially ideal decisions . |
| 19 | Chemists initially make polyacetylene in the cis form , and convert this to the trans by heating it to 200°C in helium . |
| 20 | Patients sometimes make demands on a therapist which exceed what can reasonably be expected of a therapeutic relationship and which do not appear likely to help solve their problems . |
| 21 | But even if basic training can be divided into interviewing skills , information searching and welfare concepts , personal differences still make group training difficult . |
| 22 | Reptiles also make tunnels . |
| 23 | That 's why mothers today make Dentinox part of their regular feeding routine from birth onwards . |
| 24 | One recent survey revealed that 13pc of couples only make love once a week though the researchers believe the number who do n't have sex at all may be even greater . |
| 25 | Nobody wants to fight and the police only make arrests if we telephone them ourselves to report trouble . |
| 26 | For the purposes of future collections or for legal proceedings always make notes of what happened and what was said . |
| 27 | His mistakes usually make Lukic pick the ball out of the net . |
| 28 | In the period from about four to seven years , still a preconceptual stage , children still make judgements based on appearance rather than reason . |
| 29 | Humans often make statements about their awareness of their own internal body state as in ‘ I am tired ; thirsty ; hungry ; nauseated ; drunk ; sleepy etc . ’ |
| 30 | In fact , in situations that allow more than two choices , and use both terms , young children seldom make errors at all . |